JetBlue Airways Reports December Traffic

JetBlue Airways Reports December Traffic
PR Newswire
NEW YORK, Jan. 11, 2013
NEW YORK, Jan. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --JetBlue Airways Corporation [NASDAQ:
JBLU] reported its preliminary traffic results for December 2012. Traffic in
December increased 6.1 percent from December 2011, on a capacity increase of
6.1 percent.
Load factor for December 2012 was 80.1 percent, a decrease of 0.1 points from
December 2011. JetBlue's preliminary completion factor was 99.6 percent and
its on-time (1) performance was 70.2 percent. JetBlue's preliminary passenger
revenue per available seat mile for the month of December increased two
percent year over year.
JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS
December 2012 December 2011 %
Change
Revenue passenger miles 2,867,642 2,703,140 6.1%
(000)
Available seat miles (000) 3,578,250 3,371,201 6.1%
Load factor 80.1% 80.2% (0.1) pts.
Revenue passengers 2,482,954 2,335,186 6.3%
Departures 23,417 22,108 5.9%
Average stage length 1,097 1,094 0.3%
Y-T-D 2012 Y-T-D 2011 %
Change
Revenue passenger miles 33,563,177 30,697,903 9.3%
(000)
Available seat miles (000) 40,075,196 37,232,367 7.6%
Load factor 83.8% 82.4% 1.4 pts.
Revenue passengers 28,956,213 26,370,318 9.8%
Departures 264,600 243,446 8.7%
Average stage length 1,085 1,091 (0.5)%
(1) The U.S. Department of Transportation considers on-time arrivals to be
those domestic flights arriving within 14 minutes of schedule.
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SOURCE JetBlue Airways Corporation
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Contact: Investor Relations, +1-718-709-2202, ir@jetblue.com, or Corporate
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